Motion Blur

[audiowizard]

I find this very off putting on reading reviews about different tvs. It makes it so hard for you to make a decision as to what tv to go for. What I dont understand is, I have a Sony KDL-40W3000, this has no motion processing technology at all, and all my blu rays run silky smooth on panning shots, not once have I found anything to write home about. So it seems that tvs, whether it be 100hz, 200hz actually suffer more from motion blurring.

 

[Anonymous]

It's a hard on to explain. Me personally, I'd watch quite a bit of motorsport. If you can't read the sponsor logos on the sides of the cars as they go past (I'm not talking silly speeds, something you would see with your own eyes, say as they slow at a bend) would be an example of blurring. Same with football when the ball is passed from player to player.

Head down to richer sounds and ask for a demo for motion blurring. Once you see it in action, I think anyway, it will appear more obvious.

I bought my dad a Samsung LE40A686 a year and a half back and the 100hz makes an improvement, even on analogue tuning (no digital in his area).

Hope that helps.

 

[D.J.KRIME]

I would sugest also having a look at a few plasma TVs as IMHO they still handle motion better than most LCDs especially with sport.

 

[Anonymous]

D.J.KRIME:I would sugest also having a look at a few plasma TVs as IMHO they still handle motion better than most LCDs especially with sport.loving the diplomatically positioned "most" inserted in that dj

 

[TKratz]

audiowizard:What I dont understand is, I have a Sony KDL-40W3000, this has no motion processing technology at all, and all my blu rays run silky smooth on panning shots, not once have I found anything to write home about. So it seems that tvs, whether it be 100hz, 200hz actually suffer more from motion blurring.

This is actually not strange at all, and many feel exactly like you. I will argue, that most TVs performs best with all the motion processing turned off. They simply do more harm than good. Leaving these features off leaves the TVs, well, more or less like your 40W3000.

There has of course been other improvements since you bought your last TV, so you will still experience a major improvement with a TV from 2009 or 2010, even with all processing turned off.

You can then wonder, why do TV manufacturers implement such features? Well, first of all, some people really likes it. Secondly, marketing is really a numbers game. Many people buy a TV purely based on specs, so the more impressive and fancy you can present your spec sheet, the higher the likelyhood people will buy the TV.

As already mentioned, plasma TVs have a much higher natural response rate, and doesn't really need all the fancy processing to produce a smooth picture. I you do not fancy the processing I definately recommend you look for a plasma screen.

 

[audiowizard]

Thanks for all the information, i will stick with my Sony KDL-40W3000 for a bit. Ive been looking at the new Samsung LEDbacklit tvs, they produce the deepest blacks I have ever saw. Also, a mate of mine bought a Samsung LE40B550 which is a cracking tv, has no picture processing and handles motion really well.

 

[Anonymous]

imo , having seen a good few lcds , samsung and sony do motion the best ..

 

[Oldboy]

Hello,

Well i have the new Sony KDL40EX503 and can report no mtion blur atall across all sources, even when connected to my Vbox via scart and watching sport i have found no issues so i can't agree that the new TV's suffer with motion blur. Turning on all the processing (including motionflow) still dosen't introduce blur but it does start to introduce artefacts and picture noise but nothing that i would descibe as 'motion blur', but i would agree that it all needs turning off straight away. My previous 40W5500 did suffer from a bit of motion blur however especially during darker scenes and pictures via my vbox really suffered!

Just thought i would share my experience but what i would like to know is just what causes motion blur in the first place? It's one of the major reasons i changed my tv this year (along with last years backlight problems of course), i can't help thinking it may be down to what screen is used in the tv as i've seen a few plasma's with blur too?